11.9% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ridgewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Ridgewood than in most other areas, with only 11.9% of residents giving their time. While community volunteering is low, a higher than average number of local residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. However, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much less common here than in most areas.
9.8% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51296/ridgewood/topic/community